MetroMan
Senior Member
The scenario I am thinking goes like this.
Noon - you board a bus heading to say, Don Mills and Eglinton.
12:30 - You hang out at Don Mills and Eglinton for an hour.
1:30 - You board a southbound Don Mills Bus (an astute driver would discern that this is an unreasonable stop over, but Presto allows it). You take the Don Mills bus to Pape, get off at Spadina because you want to go to Chinatown
2:15 - grab a transfer at Spadina station, then board the streetcar
In the event of a fare inspection, you show your Spadina station transfer which has a reasonable timestamp on it.
Time based transfer rule or not, this should be two fares. But as long as there are transfer machines, people can be sneaky and pay one fare.
I don't condone this, just saying it could happen.
There will be no machines to grab a transfer from. They'll be discontinued along with the ticket booths and cash boxes.